A Dirty Shame Critic Reviews

I object to A Dirty Shame not because it is offensive - to do so would be another way of congratulating Mr. Waters for his bogus daring - but because it is boring. Beyond offering a catalog of interesting practices and lampooning their dedicated practitioners, the movie has very little to say about sex.Read the full review

Frequently hilarious but ultimately is a protracted one-joke affair that strays into undisciplined chaos. Read the full review

Tracey Ullman is a bright spot in an otherwise sordid, murky production. Read the full review

This raucously gritty and high-spirited film could scarcely be bluer in terms of the language, but from Waters it comes as a gust of fresh air. Read the full review

Returns to the wicked mix of transgression and positivity epitomized by "Pecker" and "Hairspray." Read the full review

John Waters has returned to trashy form with what is unquestionably his most outrageous film since those heady "Pink Flamingos" days. Read the full review

Embracing ugliness, lousy production values, and borderline hysteria as virtues, A Dirty Shame is one for the cultists, a proud retreat back into the sandbox of sexual juvenilia, a potty-mouthed manifesto from an elder statesman of shock. Read the full review

A Dirty Shame isn't dirty fun. It's the perv "Footloose."Read the full review

A Dirty Shame is Waters unleashed, and wicked, kinky fun for anyone except the twits who rated it NC-17. Read the full review